US says Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Maryland lawsuit over deportation is moot, must be dismissed [View all]
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US says Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Maryland lawsuit over deportation is moot, must be dismissed
Neal Augenstein | naugenstein@wtop.com
June 18, 2025, 7:54 AM
The Department of Justice says Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Maryland lawsuit against several U.S. government agency heads must be dismissed because the wrongly deported Salvadoran national has been returned to the United States.
In a Monday motion to dismiss as moot, the government said Abrego Garcia and his family have received the relief they sought since government agencies “have taken extraordinary steps and have facilitated, and indeed effectuated, Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States.”
Last week, the construction worker’s attorneys filed a motion saying his Maryland lawsuit should continue “until the Government is held accountable for its blatant, willful, and persistent violations of court orders at excruciating cost to Abrego Garcia and his family.”
Abrego Garcia’s lawyers asked federal judge Paula Xinis to appoint a special master to investigate the circumstances behind his deportation, including seeking communications between agency heads.
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Neal Augenstein
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